- Suicidal thoughts/attempts
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Relationship problems
- Intimacy problems
- Physical pain-This could be organic pain caused by a complication of the abortion procedure or it could be psychosomatic pain.
- Psychically numb
- Hyperalert
- Difficulties in subsequent pregnancies
- Difficulties in subsequent labor and delivery
- Inability to bond properly to subsequent children
- Eating disorders (anorexia or bulimia)
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- Self-mutilation
- Sexual dysfunction or promiscuity-The promiscuous behavior often follows on the heels of the abortion. The sexual dysfunction seems to come later, especially if the woman married the father of the aborted child.
- Atonement pregnancy
- Phantom pregnancy
- Atonement marriage
- Abusive relationships
- Anniversary reactions
- Over-compensation in a career
- Involvement in pro-life or pro-abortion movements
- Spiritual wound
- Pregnancy loss issues
- Child abuse
- Increased bitterness toward men
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Taken from "Manifestations of Abortion's Aftermath in Women" by Vicki Thorn, Executive Director, National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation & Healing.
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